Got cleaned up from behind this
morning by a fellow flyer while
flying on the field. Tore me up
with his prop and the ground finished
the job. Lots of internal damage
but the fuse held true thanks
to the 3mm CF rods I have glued
down each half of the fuse! :)
I think it will buff right out
and be good to go, once I replace
the destroyed battery, servo,
prop, cowl, foam, stickers, paint.....

First the damage:

Although a lot of the breaks can't
be seen in the photo and it looks
pretty neat on a nice clean board
all laid out nice and tidy, it is
a mess but I have already got most
of it done thanks to a whole Sunday
of repairing. I made a new cowl
from that plaster mold. New stickers
have been made ready to go on. New
aileron servo has been mounted and
wired in. New foam has been cut
and glued to fill the huge gaps
of missing and compressed foam areas
plus filled and sanded. Motor mount
has been fixed and is ready to go
back in. New rear control horns
are fitted and hooked up. I have
already started repainting the fuse
but the wing needs some more sanding
before I start spraying that. I
must admit I did write it off but
I remember some of the shocking
wipe outs I use to have with my
GWS Messerschmidt and I used to
repair that so I thought I would
see how I went on this one.

The other model was was destroyed
too. He was flying a Boomerang
of similar size but much faster.
It was a balsa-ply/formed plastic/solarfilm
mix. He has written off his plane
and plans to put the gear into
a Stuka he just purchased.
He was gracious enough to offer
to buy a new model or pay for
damages but I declined as accidents
happen when there's a group of
you all zooming around with no
real flight plan in play. I think
the look on my face may have revealed
something other than just 'oh,
it's alright, don't worry about
it....' ;)

This isnt a very good shot but
it shows the rebuild in progress.
Hhhmmm, so many foamie bits left
over(bottom left):

Here is the progress of the rebuild.
I think it turned out pretty well.
Wing repair went well:

The cowl turned out a little wobbly
at the front because I used the
bottom of the bottle to shrink
instead of the top. I made another
one after that which turned out
really well and will hang on to
that one for a spare. Here it
is getting painted: